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MINUTES Eugene City Council McNutt Room--City Hall April 26, 1999 8:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Scott Meisner, Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Gary Pap~, Gary Rayor. Mr. Meisner called the council meeting to order at 8:30 p.m. 1.PUBLIC FORUM Mr. Meisner reviewed the rules of the public forum. Larry Mann, 2247 North 10th Street, Springfield, acknowledged Mayor Torrey's efforts in attempting to make the Bond Sports Complex available for the upcoming softball season and thanked Mr. Rayor for visiting the site. He said that Lane County had taken an interest in the subject because of the Convention and Visitors Association of Lane County's (CVALCO) interest in the many tournaments scheduled for the upcoming summer. Also, Mr. Mann said, City parks staff and Willamalane Parks and Recreation District had agreed to meet with him to identify alternative sites for those tournaments. Mr. Mann asked the councilors to keep their minds open to any proposals that may arise from the County. He expressed appreciation for the students who spoke the previous week in favor of the fields and said programs for high-school aged youth were lacking in the community. Diane Mann, 2247 North 10th Street, Springfield, thanked Mr. Rayor for visiting the Bond site. She said that because of improvements made last year the ballfields would not require much work this year and there were volunteers available to do the work. She said that her organization had a contract for the use of the fields and had paid $13,000 in rent for the fields through May 15. The organization had not been on the fields since December and it had some time left on that contract that it could have used to work on the fields. She did not understand the situation and asked that it be looked into. Ms. Mann said that after her organization used the ballfields in 1998, AYSO was allowed to use the fields, and the parents of the participants had liked the fact that they could use the same fields continually for a period of time rather than move from field to field. Bill Richie, 310 Pitney Lane, Junction City, said that his organization had softball teams ready to play and no place to play. He spoke in support of Mr. Mann's remarks and said that his organization was ready to volunteer to assist. Nick Antone, Jr., 512 Honeysuckle Lane, spoke of his concerns about the ten-year problem that had existed on Honeysuckle Lane. He said that the City appeared to want his father to die. He MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 26, 1999 Page 1 8:30 p.m.